Sagebrush Ecosystem Council Update

Program Updates

• EDDMaps Update • NDA – IPM/Sage-Grouse

Projects • NDA Range Monitoring App

EDDMaps = online database and tool for invasive plant management and more

www.eddmaps.org Online, public invasive plant database website • Make invasive plant

reports • Set email alert for your

area • Track your plant records • Make basic distribution

maps of invasive plant species throughout the U.S.

EDDMapsWEST App Smartphone application to make weed reports • Report invasive plant on

the fly with picture attached

• Have species information available all the time

• Reports go directly to NDA for verification

Nevada EDDMaps GIS Online, non-public, invasive plant database and management tool • Custom developed by NDA • Permitted log in access only • Links with all public invasive plant

data in real time • Includes other relevant data layers

to overall rangeland health • Make professional style, specific

maps

Nevada EDDMaps GIS • Developed in partnership with NDA, MIA Consulting and EDDMaps (University

of Georgia), funded by USFS through NDA. • Released to NDA after initial completion August 2014 • Use and access managed by NDA; all data changes managed by NDA • Not accessible without permitted EDDMaps log-in (controlled by NDA) and

Microsoft Silverlight download • Use Policy and User Application developed September/October 2014 • USEFUL CAPABILITIES:

• Easy use for those that do not have GIS or ArcMap experience • Overlay relevant data – fires, invasion susceptibility, weeds, project area, treatment data • Bring in already published datasets on top of included layers

Fires 1910 - 1999 Fires 2000 - 2013

USGS – Greater Sage-grouse Preliminary Habitat and Primary General Habitat http://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/4OV0eRKiLAYkbH2J/arcgis/rest/services/PPHPGH_Final_Cached/MapServer

Invasive Plant Management to benefit sage-grouse and Nevada rangelands

5 proposals selected for award • Smith Valley Conservation District - $18,500

• Medusahead fall treatment in Nov. • Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition - $15,000

• Noxious Weed Treatments – Project Site Visit Mid-October • Paradise/Sonoma Conservation District - $20,000

• Medusahead fall treatment in Nov. • Humboldt Watershed CWMA - $21,500

• Noxious Weed Treatment – EDRR Species & Revegetation • Dayton Valley Conservation District - $10,000 - Project NOT

funded after site verification meeting scheduled.

Rangeland Monitoring APP

• Landowner focused • EDDMaps Ease of Use Platform

• Range Monitoring App • Project Reporting App

• Roll Out April 2015 • Based on UNCE – Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook & Ranchers Monitoring Guide

Current Program Challenges

• EDDMaps • BLM Data Upload – still not complete

• Projects • NEPA not complete for some areas • Limited Funding

• Monitoring • APP Development Underway • Phase I fully funded, need Phase II funding • Spring Workshops for Landowners in development

Tina Mudd Rangeland Health Program Manager Nevada Department of Agriculture 401 S. 21st Street Sparks, NV 89430 (775) 353-3639 tmudd@agri.nv.gov